Johann Andres (soccer player)

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Johann Andres (also Hans Andres ; * June 17, 1887 ; † July 25, 1970 ) was an Austrian football player and national player in the position of a striker and is considered a co-founder of the former football club Wiener Associationfootball-Club .

Career as a player

From Ballschani to star striker of the WAC

Andres came into contact with the soccer game as early as 1894 on the Jesuitenwiese as " Ballschani " the " Cricketer ", for whose popular team he said at that time he showed a youthful enthusiasm. This predilection for the black and blue football greats earned him the nickname " Cricketer-Hansl ", which he could not get rid of during his life and that although he never played with the cricket players.

The first team for which Andres competed in public was the Schüttler Regatta , a small, insignificant club that later spawned other great footballers. He later transferred to the Transvaal and Olympia. At the Olympics, he drew attention to the position of the center forward and switched to his first big club, the Vienna AC , for which he worked from 1905 to 1910 , to replace five pairs of football boots . His first game in the "Red-Black" fighting team was against MTK Budapest . Since he could not prevail as a center forward against the robust Hungarians , Andres avoided after changing sides to the left wing and was so successful in this position that he remained in the team from then on.

Andres was considered Austria-Hungary's best left winger before the First World War . He was a nimble, lightweight player who lacked shooting power, but who, thanks to his technical ball skills, harmonized perfectly with Fischera and Studnicka and whose precise flanks and pass often ended in the final. In his day, he was considered the perfect football clown for his ball skills, whose nifty style of play amused the audience deliciously, but sometimes irritated his helpless opponents to the point of white heat. He reached the zenith of his ability in 1909 and 1910, when he formed the most successful part of the then high-class athlete attack together with the football artists Fischera and Studnicka. The sensational success against the English professional team Sunderland , which was defeated 2-1 on May 20, 1909 on the WAC course , also fell during this time . Other highlights in his career were the games against the famous Prague clubs Slavia and DFC .

Change to Wiener AF

After the secession of the Vienna AC in 1910, when he left the athletes due to disagreements between the players and the club management including almost the entire fighting team (only Jan Studnicka remained with the Prater people), Andres founded the Vienna AF together with several of his colleagues. With the WAF, he took third place in the first official Austrian soccer championship in 1911/12 behind the later Austrian record champions Rapid Wien and the Wiener Sport-Club . A meniscus injury in his right knee joint, which he got in a game against Vienna , ended his career as a football player at the end of 1912.

Selection games

Between 1908 and 1912 Andres was called up 13 times in selection games of the national team and the Vienna team. His debut in the national team, he celebrated on May 3, 1908, ahead 4: 0 win his team's cities Vienna to Budapest , which was only included in the official international match statistics afterwards. On June 7, 1908, he scored the winning goal for the 3-2 success of the Austrians in the international match against the German national team . In the years up to 1912 Andres played three more games for Austria, all against arch rivals Hungary , before ending his career in the national team on May 5, 1912 with a duel against the Hungarian team.

Short career as coach and referee

After the First World War, Andres was hired by the section head of the Vienna Amateur Sports Association , Hugo Meisl, as a trainer and also celebrated great success in this role. After this engagement as a coach, he worked for a while as a referee at championship and friendly matches.

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literature

  • Karl Kastler: Football in Austria - From the beginnings to the present ; Trauner Verlag, Linz 1972, ISBN 3-85320-111-3
personal data
SURNAME Andres, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andres, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1887
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1970